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Israel: Mitt and Bibi share a message for moderate and liberal voters: Stay home

Mitt and Bibi want you to stay home

If just a fraction of past left and center-left abstainees show up at the polls, Netanyahu's lead could be upended.

The math is simple. If the left stays home on election day, Mitt and Bibi will both win.

If you place yourself anywhere from the center-left to the hard-left on
the political spectrum, Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu are counting
on you. They need you to sit out election day. Do what you like, goes
the thinking, but stay away from the ballot box.